[SciPy-dev] tanh(j*pi/2)

[Pauli Virtanen]

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:49:55 -0500, Robert Kern kirjoitti:
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> <shrug> It's generic to all floating point implementations of
> transcendentals. I'd prefer not to clutter up each ufunc's docs. A
> section in the User's Guide about floating point arithmetic in general
> might be worthwhile, though.

I also think this stuff belongs to the user guide, and the reference 
guide (ie. the docstrings) should just assume that people know these 
particular basic things about the limitations of floating point.

-- 
Pauli Virtanen